DE3367060D1 - Thermal transfer color printer and its method of operation - Google Patents

Thermal transfer color printer and its method of operation

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DE3367060D1
DE3367060D1 DE8383300748T DE3367060T DE3367060D1 DE 3367060 D1 DE3367060 D1 DE 3367060D1 DE 8383300748 T DE8383300748 T DE 8383300748T DE 3367060 T DE3367060 T DE 3367060T DE 3367060 D1 DE3367060 D1 DE 3367060D1
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thermal transfer
color printer
transfer color
printer
thermal
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Masasumi C O Toshiba Corp Yana
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Toshiba Corp
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Toshiba Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J17/00—Mechanisms for manipulating page-width impression-transfer material, e.g. carbon paper
    • B41J17/22—Supply arrangements for webs of impression-transfer material
    • B41J17/24—Webs supplied from reels or spools attached to the machine
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J35/00—Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/16—Multicolour arrangements
    • B41J35/18—Colour change effected automatically
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/46—Colour picture communication systems
    • H04N1/50—Picture reproducers
    • H04N1/506—Reproducing the colour component signals picture-sequentially, e.g. with reproducing heads spaced apart from one another in the subscanning direction
    • H04N1/508—Reproducing the colour component signals picture-sequentially, e.g. with reproducing heads spaced apart from one another in the subscanning direction using the same reproducing head for two or more colour components

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
DE8383300748T 1982-02-16 1983-02-15 Thermal transfer color printer and its method of operation Expired DE3367060D1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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JP57022144A JPS58140270A (en) 1982-02-16 1982-02-16 Heat-sensitive transfer recorder

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DE3367060D1 true DE3367060D1 (en) 1986-11-20

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US (1) US4505603A (en)
EP (1) EP0086661B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS58140270A (en)
DE (1) DE3367060D1 (en)

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US4505603A (en) 1985-03-19
JPS58140270A (en) 1983-08-19
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EP0086661B1 (en) 1986-10-15

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8364 No opposition during term of opposition
8339 Ceased/non-payment of the annual fee